Zohrab Sarkissian

Zohrab Sarkissian (died 7 August 1982) was an ASALA member and one of the perpetrators of the Esenbogu International Airport attack in 1982.

Biography
Zohrab Sarkissian was born to a family of Armenians, and he became a member of the Pierre Gulumian Commando group of the ASALA socialist revolutionary group during the late 1970s. In 1982, Sarkissian and Levon Ekmekjian bombed the Esenbogu International Airport in Ankara, Turkey before gunning down several passengers, and the two men took 20 hostages in the airport cafeteria. Turkish security forces killed Sarkissian during the ensuing standoff and wounded and captured Ekmekjian, who would be hanged in January 1983.